Angela Kula
Angela “Angie” A. Klocke Kula, 79, of Waukon, formerly of Cedar Rapids, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon following a brief illness. She will be fondly remembered for her love of life by her sisters, nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 23 at 11 a.m. at Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waterville with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating, and burial will be at the church cemetery. Friends may greet the family from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Saturday at the church.
Memorial contributions in Angela’s name can be made to FluffyButts Rescue Resort at www.fluffybutts.com, to the Bethlehem Presbyterian Cemetery Fund, or to the Old East Paint Creek Cemetery Fund. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements.
Angela was born January 21, 1943 at The Sherman House in Waukon to Clarence and Alvina (Nagel) Klocke. She was raised in Ludlow Township and was a lifetime member of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in rural Postville, where she was baptized and confirmed. She graduated from Waukon High School in 1960. Angela worked at numerous jobs in the Waukon and Postville areas including at the S&D Cafe, Model Cafe, Waters Dairy, Olson Jewelry, Schroeder Insurance and Aver Bar, before moving to Cedar Rapids. She was employed by United Fire and Casualty Insurance and later Kula Construction.
Angela married John Kula in 1969. Together they formed a business, Kula Construction, doing remodeling, repair and miscellaneous handy work. They were later divorced in 2003.
Angela was always helping others and took special pride in caring for World War II veterans. She also loved entertaining elderly people that had limited family, having them over to her home for meals on holidays and special occasions. After the Cedar Rapids “Flood of 2008,” Angela worked on homes and refinished furniture for flood victims. There didn’t seem to be a repair job she couldn’t take on. She was hard working, thrifty and talented.
Angela was an avid sports enthusiast and devoted fan of the Green Bay Packers and the Iowa Hawkeye football and basketball teams. Number-one on her list of other interests was fishing; Angela never tired of casting her line for “The Big One”. The same applied to the lottery; she liked those scratch tickets and they paid off a few times for her. She also enjoyed playing cards, dancing, going for drives with friends, and raising a multitude of dogs and cats, including Herky, Rolaid and Puss Puss.
Angela was well known for her famous pickles, perfected from her mother Alvina’s recipe. She supplied pickles to many customers in the Cedar Rapids area and always seemed to have some ready for friends and family. Never having children of her own, Angela shared her mothering with her nieces, nephews and pets. Her laughter will linger with each of them in days ahead.
Angela is survived by sisters: Darlene (Neil) Barth of Waukon, Carol Wieland of Cedar Rapids, and Linda Thompson of Waterville; numerous nieces and nephews; cousins; and friends, including her former husband, John Kula of Cedar Rapids, and her special friend, Jerry Mathis of Waterville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Alvina Klocke; her sister, Hazel Rissman; her brother, Niel Klocke; her brothers in-law, Harvey Rissman and Robert Thompson; her nephews, Troy Thompson and Timothy Klocke; and her great-nephew, Adam Rissman.
Honorary casketbearers are Kathy Bunner, Gregg Klocke, Gloria Krambeer, Kristine McMahan and Tara Reisinger. Casketbearers are Randy and Reg Klocke, Pat Reisinger, Barry Bunner, Steve Kummer, and Wayne and Allan Rissman.
Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com.
